Sentences with phrase «much better self»

In 2004, Oreskes reframed the informal experience of climate consensus as a subject for formal knowledge — and that has helped climate scientists gain a much better self - understanding of what they're doing, through a succession of further studies.

Now, you Sharks - and - Jets squabblers can keep doing the Beat It knife dance on message boards (aka Thunderdome) about how much better Self - Pub is over Trad - Pub, and vice versa.

Not exact matches

Authenticity is a much sought - after leadership trait, with the prevailing idea being that the best leaders are those who self - disclose, are true to themselves, and who make decisions based on their values.

No matter how much better we might feel at the onset by keeping our image of a perfect self, taking the blame for our failures is a must on the path toward success.

Although many entrepreneurs like to present themselves in a «what you see is what you get» style, sometimes being your idiosyncratic self is, well, too much idiosyncrasy.

Those who apply well - honed self - awareness and self - management skills tolerate change much more successfully than others.

As our self - perception about our looks matter so much in how we carry ourselves, investing in feeling good about what you see in the mirror in the morning might not be as frivolous as it first appears to the practically minded.

All of those companies make up a capitalist ecosystem that is so much more meaningful than the feel - good world self - described entrepreneurs try to evangelize.

They were self - motivated, and many times the best coaches were effective with them because they didn't try to do too much.

The actress is a self - proclaimed Disney lover as well — and she's legitimately afraid her sons won't love Disney as much as she does.

Tony understands the power of the DISC personality assessment as a valuable tool for bettering your self - understanding, so much so that he asks his own employees to use it when they're hired at his company.

If you are self - employed and do not have much extra money to put away for retirement, investing in a traditional or Roth IRA is a good retirement plan option.

While being self - employed has many benefits such as having more flexibility or freedom to choose your own schedules, working as much or as little as you want, etc., there are downsides to being self - employed as well.

As for the claim that some narcissism is healthy in a competitive society, the authors argue that «it would be better for everyone not to concentrate on self - feelings — positive or negative — quite so much.»

Slight update on SIGNPOSTINGS: I also found there Colin's reflections on what's good and bad about living in THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV — yet another postmodern yet conservative theme: Too much disdain for convention and ordinary storytelling and narrative, way too self - indulgent when it comes to the imaginative display of excesses.

But the purposes of theological dialogue are much better served by the assumption of two active and responsible partners than of one who is active (and guilt - ridden) and the other passive (and self - righteous).

I believe that man is, by nature, an exile and will never be self - sufficient or complete on this earth; that his chances of happiness and virtue, here, remain more or less constant through the centuries and, generally speaking, are not much affected by the political and economic conditions in which he lives; that the balance of good and ill tends to revert to a norm; that sudden changes of physical condition are usually ill, and are advocated by the wrong people for the wrong reasons; that the intellectual communists of today have personal, irrelevant grounds for their antagonism to society, which they are trying to exploit.

The survivors themselves, however, self - effacingly attributed much of their good fortune to luck: Mr. Helmreich reports that 74 percent of them cited this as the main factor in their survival.

this web site does nt really put christians in a good light as far as acceptance of the 2nd largest religion... islam... and that category is shared with catholics, restorationists, gnostics and episcopalians... so do nt flatter your self too much.

i wont even say that much you have a responsibility to not just protect your self, but other as well

And by the way, Buddhists aren't that much better when they start talking about mindfulness and awareness and emptiness and no - self.

Much of the claimed gain comes about in the shift from self - sustaining peasant life to dependence on the market, and many are skeptical that the small gains in income mean that those involved are better fed, better clothed, or better housed than before.

But precisely because we are not self - contained ready - made entities which can be conceived equally well as being near to you or remote from you; precisely because in us the self - subsistent individual who is united to you grows only insofar as the union itself grows, that union whereby we are given more and more completely to you: I beg you, Lord, in the name of all that is most vital in my being, to hearken to the desire of this thing that I dare to call my soul even though I realize more and more every day how much greater it is than myself, and, to slake my thirst for life, draw me — through the successive zones of your deepest substance — into the secret recesses of your inmost heart.

Interestingly, if you read very much about self - discipline, you will discover that those who are best at it consider it to be quite liberating.

This will meet her need for connectedness... and I will have much of the rest of the day for meeting my needs (underlying motives) for achievement, independence, and positive feedback for a «job well done» (which I give to myself by self - talk).

The best preachers and teachers do not talk too much about the self and do not concentrate on personal experience alone.

The apparent randomness as well as the struggling and unpredictable meanderings that science sees in evolution, and which have caused so much theological controversy, are just what we should expect if the world is in some way left to be itself by the non-interfering goodness of a self - emptying God.

In a godless society, where there really is not much outside ourselves but our own self - projections, this is probably the best advice one could expect.

The best way to bring the sinfulness of such sins home to us is to point toward the places where humans in fact act wrongly: in home, school, business, contacts with others, and the like, where by pride, self - seeking, neglect of our neighbors, ugliness of behavior in our homes, and so much else, we often behave in a reprehensible manner or we subtly and insidiously treat other persons as mere «things.»

And how much good did having those guns for «self - defense» do for the mother of the Newtown killer?

I think, according to most of your posts, the self is pretty much evil and nothing good can come from it.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

It includes a challenge to the listeners to give themselves, to the best of their ability, to the discipleship which is service of God among humanity — to «do the works of love», with as much of the self's devotion as can be managed.

We could probably say that lukewarm believers are those who are self - sufficient and think that they don't really need anything from God to get through life, and who don't really think they need to repent of anything, and who don't think that their life will be much better if they spend time with Jesus.

On the one hand, there is much oppression and lack of the freedoms of thought, speech, action, livelihood, and self - fulfillment at its best which every person, in the dignity of personhood, ought to have.

«Only in Self - Relative Act can there be Self - Reflexive Terms which are Necessary and Subsistent Relativities, which are best named as «Persons» in human language, and which again are much better reflected than in the language of technical theology by the titles of «the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.»

But mind you here we are not talking about Religion but much worse it is politics which proved to be strong enough to divide people of one religion as well as dividing families among them selves..

Our minds are much more powerful, intricate, and potentially creative (as well as destructive) than our conscious self - understanding can even imagine.

Because if grace is water, then the church should be an ocean It's not a museum for good people, it's a hospital for the broken Which means I don't have to hide my failure, I don't have to hide my sin Because it doesn't depend on me it depends on him See because when I was God's enemy and certainly not a fan He looked down and said I want, that, man Which is why Jesus hated religion, and for it he called them fools Don't you see so much better than just following some rules Now let me clarify, I love the church, I love the Bible, and yes I believe in sin But if Jesus came to your church would they actually let him in See remember he was called a glutton, and a drunkard by religious men But the Son of God never supports self righteousness not now, not then

Paul instructs older men to be «temperate, worthy of respect, self - controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance» (Titus 2:2) and older women to be «reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good» (Titus 2:3).

When a person exhibits too much passion over anything — God, a political movement, the latest in tattoos or a popular television show — we label that person as obsessive or compulsive, and mutter, «Get a life» Might we better understand zeal as Isaiah does, as the prerogative of God, who, despite the mess we've made of things, still chooses to care for this battered creation and our faulty selves?

«And it may well be that even scholars won't be using those particular terms so casually and in so self - evident a fashion for much longer.

Altizer's literal interpretation of the Incarnation in this third argument seems ultimately even more self - destructive than Origen's well - intentioned but much too literal interpretation of Christ's words to his disciples about those who have courage to make themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven (Matt.

Think of how much unnecessary anguish and self - torment we've endured, as well as how much freedom we've forgone, from seeing ourselves as the only one.

True, the philosophic theologian does his best as a rule to explain it away so far as he can with much talk about God's «self - limitation» or the necessity of His obeying the laws He has Himself made for His universe.

Self - preservation is generally a good thing, and the proper choice in almost all situations; but self - gratification, not so mSelf - preservation is generally a good thing, and the proper choice in almost all situations; but self - gratification, not so mself - gratification, not so much.

... that's one «I told you so» you'll enjoy as much as I will... the good news is, 90 % of these self - righteous jerks that believe they'll be there, won't be...: o)

to really live, one has to put something to death.Have you noticed that same principle in any relationship that seeks a higher good; that is, one must practice self - denial, if not self - sacrifice when seeking better health, raising a pet, being a friend, loving a spouse, parenting a child... how much more so when we seek the Divine life in a community?

But thanks to this post, I feel much better and less self - conscious about my diet at the moment — thank you very much, you're the best blogger ever and a huge inspiration!

In this interview, Amanda tells us about striving to practice meditation in action, leaning on real, whole foods for simplicity in her diet, skincare, and lifestyle, gratitude as a means for staying on track with her self - care, how she approaches raising her kids on plant - based whole foods, as well as exercise, stress, and much more.